Ricardo Toro
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ELKANO
We had lunch at Elkano and its truly an amazing place. We were visiting from NYC and meeting our family for a special family reunion. We were a group of 15 (2 grandparents, 8 adults and 7 teens/young adults).
The setting is elegant and classic but without feeling stuffy. The service was superb. I later learned that Aitor, who took our order, was actually the chef and son of the founder. I have to say he was amazing and helped us navigate the menu and essentially create our own bespoke tasting menu. Some tasted the Kokoxas and others the lobster heads. In all we tasted about half the menu. For fish the turbot/rodaballo is a must which is served and presented in 3 parts. We also had the monkfish/rape that was served as a course before the rodaballo. In all, just tell Aitor what you want to have he will ensure that it's the right portions and served in the right order. Everything was seamless and needless to say delicious.
Two special notes:
We had a couple of non-fish eaters and that was not a problem, they had delicious solomillo that was cooked to perfection, "al punto".
Also living in Manhattan and having been to many of the Greek restaurants that also charge by the pound and always over serve it was very refreshing to be in a place that served the right portions and at the end was very reasonable given the quality. Thank you Aitor!
The setting is elegant and classic but without feeling stuffy. The service was superb. I later learned that Aitor, who took our order, was actually the chef and son of the founder. I have to say he was amazing and helped us navigate the menu and essentially create our own bespoke tasting menu. Some tasted the Kokoxas and others the lobster heads. In all we tasted about half the menu. For fish the turbot/rodaballo is a must which is served and presented in 3 parts. We also had the monkfish/rape that was served as a course before the rodaballo. In all, just tell Aitor what you want to have he will ensure that it's the right portions and served in the right order. Everything was seamless and needless to say delicious.
Two special notes:
We had a couple of non-fish eaters and that was not a problem, they had delicious solomillo that was cooked to perfection, "al punto".
Also living in Manhattan and having been to many of the Greek restaurants that also charge by the pound and always over serve it was very refreshing to be in a place that served the right portions and at the end was very reasonable given the quality. Thank you Aitor!